Senior Tender Specialist (12 months FTC)
Physical well-being is more than just body; it includes our minds and emotions. Smith and Nephew develops technology to break health barriers, empowering people from farmworkers to grandparents to accept limitless possibilities. Our purpose: Life Unlimited.
The Tender Specialist manages tender and contract processes end-to-end, managing bid processes from opportunity identification through to contract implementation across Public and Private Hospital sectors.
This role plays a key part in protecting revenue, improving tender win rates, and ensuring contract compliance through effective execution, pricing support, and strong cross-functional collaboration. The role also contributes to revenue retention and growth by supporting competitive tender submissions aligned with business objectives.
This is a fixed-term maternity leave backfill role supporting continuity of tender and contract management activities within the ANZ Commercial CoE.
What will you be doing?
Contracts & Tender Management
- Manage the end-to-end tender lifecycle (planning, submission, and implementation)
- Coordinate tender responses and stakeholder contributions
- Maintain tender tools, databases, calendar, and reporting outputs
- Maintain and develop tender response library and knowledge repository
Pricing & Commercial Support
- Support delivery of tender outcomes that contribute to revenue retention and growth targets
- Maintain hospital agreements and pricing governance
- Provide commercial and pricing analysis to inform and influence decision-making
Market Insights & Performance
- Monitor competitor activity and pricing trends to inform tender strategy
- Track, analyse, and report on contract performance (e.g. win rates, compliance, pricing performance)
- Identify trends and actions to improve tender outcomes and contract performance
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with Sales, Corporate Accounts, Marketing, Legal, Pricing, and Finance
- Support engagement with customers and procurement stakeholders where required
- Align tender activities with broader commercial strategies and priorities
What will you need to be successful?
- Tertiary qualification in relevant field.
- Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with internal and external customers
- Good analytical and documentation skills (Process orientated)
- High attention to detail and accurate with written correspondence
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of tender and contract management practices
- Computer proficiency in MS Office, specifically expert MS Excel
To apply, please ensure that you include a cover letter addressing it to Talent Acquisition Lead ANZ. Due to a high volume of applications, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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